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Quote #4
You tried talking to me when you returned, but it didn't work too well. You can't blame me. Every time you even looked at me I stiffened, my breathing quickening. When you spoke, I wanted to scream. But I gave myself little challenges. One time, I made myself watch you. The next time I asked you a question. By the thirteenth night, I forced myself to eat with you. (12.6)
Let us break this down for you: Gemma has been kidnapped, and the only person around for hundreds of miles is the guy who did it. She has to live in a house with him, and getting away isn't an option. We can't blame her for the panic she's experiencing as a result.
Quote #5
I went back to the main clearing, but the other paths out of that were no better, either. I just got more lost, tangled up in the maze of the Separates. I don't know how long I spent trying to get out […] But one thing I did know, you hadn't followed me. Not yet. I clung desperately to the hope that you thought I'd run somewhere else. (16.18)
Gemma has to know on some level that going through the Separates isn't like going through the wardrobe to Narnia; she's not going to end up somewhere else on the other side. Still, the temporary victory of getting away from Ty is enough to make her see it as a good thing.
Quote #6
My body and my brain and my insides had frozen solid and nothing would thaw them. I had slipped down, down into a dark, dark, empty place. You were saying something to me, your voice muted. I didn't want to surface. The truth was too hard to hear. (20.1)
Psychologically, the isolation of her captivity is the hardest thing for Gemma to deal with. For her, it isn't just about having been kidnapped—it's about being taken somewhere with no other people around. It's a totally unfamiliar setting for her to find herself in.